CHINA: Ningxia Development and Reform Commission has granted approval to Ningxia Yinxing Energy and its subsidiary, Ningxia Yinyi Wind Power, to build two wind farms in Ningxia.

UNITED STATES: CapX2020, a group of 11 utility companies, has proposed a 10.6-mile transmission line from Brookings, South Dakota to Hampton, Minnesota.

UK: An independent survey of 500 residents in Stroud District in Gloucestershire, England has shown strong support for Ecotricity’s proposal for four wind turbines in Berkley Vale.

INDIA: Suzlon Energy Ltd. has secured a contract from the Vedanta Group company Hindustan Zinc Ltd. to set up, operate and maintain 150MW of wind power projects in India with a total investment of 8.65 billion rupees (US$191 million).

ROMANIA: ABB has won a turnkey contract worth $24 million to build a new substation to receive and transform power from a 700 MW wind farm and connect it into the national transmission grid.

BELGIUM: Nine groups have filed their candidancy to build a 55-turbine wind farm on the left bank of the Scheldt in the Antwerp harbour.

SOUTH KOREA: American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has secured an initial US$10 million order for wind turbine electrical control systems from South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd.

URUGUAY: The Uruguayan state electricity authority, La Administración Nacional de Usinas y Transmisiones Eléctricas (UTE), has announced its intention to hold a new tender for 150 MW of new wind capacity.

SWEDEN: HgCapital have signed agreements with the developer NV Nordisk Vindkraft AB, a subsidiary of RES group, for the sale, construction and financing of the Åmliden wind farm in Malå Municipality, Västerbotten.

CANADA: Nova Scotia Power customers have been asked to pay for an untendered C$25 million construction contract, along with a C$1 million bonus, to an affiliate of its parent company, Emera Inc.

BRAZIL: Renova Energia has been rewarded a financing line of 589 million reais (US$576 million) from Brazil's national development bank BNDES to install 294MW of wind capacity in Brazil.

CHINA: Sinovel Wind Group plans to raise up to 9.46 billion yuan (US$ 1.44 billion) from an initial public offering ahead of a listing in Shanghai.

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